Yearly Archives: 2010

… over at TCJ. He answers a lot of questions about what happened, why Handley was wrong to think his comics were legal, the problems with current obscenity law, and why Handley chose to plead guilty. This is a must-read … Continue reading →

In the wake of the Affaire Nick Simmons, Gottsu-Iiyan posts some suspiciously similar pages from Frank Miller’s Elektra Lives Again and Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita—but this time, it’s Kishiro who is doing the borrowing. Meanwhile, Simmons has made a … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman posts an updated edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu. Melinda Beasi looks at March releases in the latest edition of Manga Bookshelf. David Welsh looks … Continue reading →

The tsunami that is the Nick Simmons affair is beginning to crest; ever since fans noticed, a couple of days ago, that some panels of his comic Incarnate bore a suspiciously strong resemblance to Bleach (and Bleach fanart!), the internet … Continue reading →

Here is your scandal du jour: In this long (warning: image-heavy) LJ thread, the poster raises the question of whether Nick Simmons (son of KISS member Gene Simmons) is tracing from Bleach when drawing his comic Incarnate. The latest word … Continue reading →

David Welsh, Brad Rice, Gia Manry, and Kate Dacey look at this week’s most promising new manga. Lori Henderson adds Kaori Yuki’s Blood Hound to her licensing wish list. Will Viz be publishing The Story of Saiunkoku? According to ANN, … Continue reading →